Catch External API request

This small modular Sinatra app is intended to 'catch' API calls from external services.

Getting started

$ bundle install
$ rackup

Test

Point your browser to http://localhost:9292, you should see:

{
  status: "ok"
}

Point your browser to http://localhost:9292, you should see:

{
  author: "Egbert Pot",
  version: "1.0.0"
}

Use

Catch a POST request via http://localhost:9292/triggers/catch.json. You should now be able to intercept the POST request using binding.pry

The JSON request body can be found in the variable trigger

    14:           
    15:           File.open(File.join(Api.root, "requests", "#{Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d__%H:%M:%S")}.json"),"w") do |f|
    16:             f.write(JSON.pretty_generate(trigger))
    17:           end
    18: 
 => 19:           binding.pry
    20: 
    21:           # Return HTTP status code 200, no matter what happends
    22:           content_type :json
    23:           return { status: 'ok'}.to_json
    24:         end 

You can also find the JSON request in the folder requests. The request is created with a timestamp, e.g. 2015-10-24__19:10:10.json

Make your local app publicly accessible for the internet:

For this, we're using the ngrok service: Secure tunnels to localhost

”I want to expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.”

$ ngrok http 9292

Enjoy!